Community and Family
Where to find baby formula in the Philadelphia region
Looking for formula? Here are some Philadelphia and New Jersey resources that can help. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Philadelphia
Income and Wages
Philly’s ability to generate job growth could mean the difference between renaissance or stagnation
Philadelphia faces a turning point in its post-pandemic recovery, and a new report suggests that just 70,000 new jobs within the city limits could mean the difference between a renaissance or stagnation. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Housing
Philly property assessments double in some neighborhoods for 2023 tax year
While reassessments have been a political powder keg in Philadelphia for decades, gentrifying areas like this — where construction of new homes is widespread and local leaders fear rising property taxes will quicken the displacement of long-standing Black or Latino communities — have increasingly become battlegrounds over city tax policy. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Housing
Philadelphia rent jumped 6% during the pandemic; suburbs up 12% to 15%
The cost of renting in Philadelphia is lower than many other major cities, but over half of tenants are “cost-burdened.” | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Civic and Community Engagement
The Big Clean Up is sweeping through Philly’s most underserved neighborhoods and spreading hope.
With a mission to “make cleaning up look cool,” this nonprofit is giving Philadelphia’s streets and its mindset a makeover. | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
Civic and Community Engagement
These are your rights as a restaurant worker in Pennsylvania
If you are one of the 79,000 people unemployed in the city’s food industry, here is what you need to know about your rights as a restaurant worker. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Over 42,000 Philadelphians use new online tax system
The pandemic created several questions and gray areas around Philly’s earnings tax and wage tax, which makes up the bulk of the city’s revenue, about 45%.
Meanwhile, the Department of Revenue in November launched the online Philadelphia Tax Center. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
En Español
How three Latinas in Philly are trying to maintain a healthy work-life balance
It’s common for immigrants to the United States to sacrifice a healthy work-life balance to provide their family a better opportunity. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Philadelphia public bank advances, would be nation’s first
Supporters say public banking will boost Black and brown businesses and spur investment in disadvantaged areas. Critics worry, but is municipal government any more shady than the private sector? | Billy Penn (Read more.)
Community and Family
Crime tracking system shows LGBTQ domestic violence remains a major issue
In an effort to provide better resources to victims and defendants, staff members in Philadelphia’s District Attorney’s Office (DAO) Victim Services unit have been using an LGBTQ+ arrest identification sheet to pinpoint crimes in the queer community. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)